A tarsier found at an exclusive country club in Makati died in captivity a day before it was supposed to fly to Bohol to prepare it for reintegration into the wild.
The tarsier, fed on a diet of mealworms, had a great appetite and its death came as a surprise, reports said. “I am so disappointed because we really thought it was going to make it. We already arranged everything, including the flight to Bohol,” Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau director Theresa Mundita Lim said in an Inquirer report.
A caddy at the Manila Golf and Country Club found the tarsier on a tamarind tree at the club on June 21 prompting questions on how the tiny primate came to the capital.
It is illegal to keep wildlife, especially endangered species as pets, and there are no registered owners of tarsiers in Manila.
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Photo: A tarsier, but not THE Manila Golf tarsier/ Coconuts Manila
